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SINGAPORE (AP) — Olympic gold-medal swimmer Joseph Education has apologized for utilizing hashish in Vietnam whereas competing there on depart from army service in his native Singapore.
Education achieved celebrity standing in Singapore when he received his nation’s first and solely Olympic title on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Video games. He won the 100 meters butterfly beating Michael Phelps within the American nice’s final Olympic race.
The 27-year-old swimmer “confessed to have consumed hashish abroad in Might,” the Singapore Ministry of Defense said in a statement Tuesday.
“I gave in to a second of weak point after going by a really robust interval of my life,” Education mentioned in a message posted late Tuesday on his Instagram account. “I’m sorry that my actions have triggered harm to everybody round me, particularly to my household and the younger followers who look as much as me.”
He had been on depart to compete on the South-East Asian Video games in Hanoi the place he received two gold medals.
“I made a mistake and I’m liable for what I’ve carried out. I’ll make amends and proper what’s flawed. I received’t allow you to down once more,” Education wrote.
The protection ministry mentioned Education was formally warned and “will likely be positioned on a supervised urine take a look at regime for six months.”
Education “will now not be eligible for depart or disruption to coach or compete whereas in (nationwide service),” the ministry mentioned, and faces as much as 9 months detention in barracks for any subsequent drug abuse.
Education received his Olympic title whereas coaching and finding out on the College of Texas in Austin earlier than returning to Singapore. On the Tokyo Olympics final 12 months, he was eradicated within the heats defending his 100 butterfly title.
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